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Sound Sessions

Smithsonian archivist Jeff Place brings old interviews, musical history to the airways

Part of Jeff Place’s job as an archivist at Smithsonian’s
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections is to field questions from around the world about music. And with his desk, nestled amidst original recordings of songs and interviews with some of the biggest names in music, he is well-prepared for the task.

"I think I’m the person on NPR’s Rolodex when they look up ‘folk,’" says Place.

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